Blood on the doorstep : the politics of preventive action /

"In this book, the founding director of the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action analyzes the nature and causes of contemporary armed conflict. Using case studies developed from extensive fieldwork in the Balkans, Central Asia, and Africa, Barnett Rubin illustrates ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rubin, Barnett R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Century Foundation Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Since 1989
Conflict management > Case studies.
Political violence > Prevention > Case studies.
Ethnic groups > Political activity.
World politics > 1989-
Pacific settlement of international disputes > Case studies.
Gestion des conflits > Études de cas.
Violence politique > Prévention > Études de cas.
Groupes ethniques > Activité politique.
Politique mondiale > 1989-
Règlement pacifique des conflits internationaux > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Conflict management
Ethnic groups > Political activity
Pacific settlement of international disputes
Political violence > Prevention
World politics
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What is at stake?
  • Conflicts and their causes: acres of desolation
  • Burundi and the Great Lakes region of Central Africa: strengthless cures, in vain
  • The South Balkans: landscape painted with blood
  • Nigeria: the mirror of oil
  • The Ferghana Valley: festering inner wounds
  • Prevention: concept and scope
  • Warning: risk assessment and monitoring
  • Systematic prevention
  • Targeted prevention
  • Organizing for prevention.

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